Rein-support



(No Model.)

L. D. DE MARS.

REIN SUPPORT.

Patented Sept; 23, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,436, datedSeptember 23, 1884.

Application filed June 17, 1884. (No model.) i

To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS D. we Mnns, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inRein-Supports for Harness; and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of my invention, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to means for supporting the driving-reins ofharness over the horses back; and it consists of a light metalattachment provided with two projections for supporting the reins, andmeans for clamping to the hip-straps.

The object of the invention is to enable the reins to be kept fromslipping down at the sides of the horse when the reins are notconstantly held tightened.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of the device and of the portionof harness to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device,and Fig. 3 a side view showing a modified form of the device.

A represents a portion of the back-strap of the harness, and B thehip-strap connected with the back-strap through the loop formed by thelayer a.

. O is a piece of round or somewhat flatttened metal, having its endsflattened into thin plates, as e e, and bent at a suitable distance fromthe flattened ends, substantially as shown in Fig. 2, to formprojections nearly at right angles to the metal rod, and the flattenedportion of the ends made to project on the opposite side.

d d are thin strips of the flexible metal ex- 1 tending on either sideof the rod 0, and fast- 4O ened to it at the under side, or side onwhich the ends 0 0 project. The parts at (i may be projections from aplate, 01, and the plate brazed or otherwise fastened to the middle ofthe rod 5 or they may be two separate pieces and separately fastened tothe rod. They should be of sufficient length to bebent each half-wayround the hip-strap, their ends meeting.

The device can be attached by placing it with its middle over theback-strap and ends extending along the hip-straps, and bending theplates d around the latter strap close to the back-strap, to preventslipping, and bending the flat ends 6 c entirely around the hip straps.All of the parts should be pliant, .so that the device may be attachedequally well to a round or flat strap, and so that it can be bent to thedesirable shape, when attached, to conform with the shape of the animalsrump. Thus constructed, it may be attached and removed at pleasure.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modification of the invention adapted for use withround hip-straps. A flattened rod of flexible metal is bent abouttwoinches from each end to form round loops 0 0 projecting at rightangles at one side of the rod, while the ends 0* 0 are made to extend onthe opposite side, to form projections for supporting the reins. Theclamps (Z' d may be riveted or fastened, as heretofore described, to therod. In attaching this form of .the device the ends of the hip-strapsmust be passed through the loops 0 c and the parts 01 at then bentaround the strap, as heretofore described.

In using the invention, when the reins are nottightly drawn they may beplaced within the projections c cor 0 c", and thus prevented fromslipping down to be caught by the projecting parts of the harness at thehorses side or by the horses tail, and are thus kept free and inposition to be tightened by the driver when occasion demands.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. A rein-support consisting of bar c,guides c c, flattened ends 6 e,and flexible clasps (I d, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination, with the back-strap and hip-straps of harness, of areinsupporting attachment consisting of the metal rod a, bent to formloops 0 c and projecting ends a 0 for supporting the reins, and means,as described, for attaching to the hip-straps, substantially as setforth.

LOUIS D. DE; MARS.

WVitnesses:

JULIUS'E. MIN R, WILLIs O. HOBART.

